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• February 19, 2026

  Feds Look To Revive Sex Abuse Ruling Over Native Status

  The U.S. is asking the Tenth Circuit for an en banc rehearing on its decision to vacate the 30-year prison sentence of a New Mexico man convicted of sexually abusing an Indigenous girl, telling the court that its error is one of exceptional importance.

• February 18, 2026

  Georgia Judge Aims To Escape Suit Alleging Wrongful Jailing

  A judge in Georgia's Fulton County Superior Court is asking a federal judge to dismiss a suit alleging she violated an Alabama woman's constitutional rights by improperly jailing her when she was a witness in her parents' divorce, with the judge arguing that judicial immunity shields her from the suit.

• February 11, 2026

  Ariz. Justices Say Screening Didn't Create Client Relationship

  The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a social worker who conducted a brief crisis screening of a patient could testify at an involuntary treatment hearing, holding that the interaction did not create a confidential behavioral health professional-client relationship and therefore was not protected by privilege.

• February 09, 2026

  Conn. AG Launches Blight Probe Of JRK-Owned Apartments

  Connecticut officials Monday launched a state unfair trade practices probe into the California-based owners of a 500-unit apartment complex, with the state attorney general slamming private equity-owned real estate groups while saying years of complaints culminated with recent burst pipes and evacuation orders in sub-zero temperatures.

• February 04, 2026

  'Cop City' Protester Says He Was Arrested Over Ideology

  A man who protested the construction of a police and fire training facility in the Atlanta metro area nicknamed "Cop City" has brought a lawsuit in Georgia federal court against Cobb County and two police officers, alleging he was arrested during a 2024 demonstration because of his political ideology and values.

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